Garment bagger



Dec. 19, 1961 K. J. BARNES 3,013,761

GARMENT BAGGER Filed April 28, 1959 Fig. 3 i

I I F -1 32 i i l 2 Kenneth J Barnes, INVENTOR.

Mm BY m 3m Patented Dec. 19, 1961 3,013,761 GARMENT EAGGER Kenneth J. Barnes, R0. Box 9911, Brentwood, Calif. Filed Apr. 28, 1959, Ser. No. 899,528 3 Claims. (Cl. 248---Z93) This invention relates generally to garment baggers and more particularly to a novel garment bagger construction which is particularly adapted for utilization in homes and the like.

The utilization of garment baggers in dry cleaning establishments, or such, has long been known. Generally, garment baggers broadly include any of numerous devices which are particularly designed to enable a person to place a plastic, cloth, or paper protective bag over a garment carried by a conventional hanger. Dry cleaning establishments generally utilize elongated rods which are suspended from the ceiling and have a terminal loop for supporting the hook of a conventional hanger. In use, the protective bag is placed on the rod above the terminal loop portion by passing the rod through the aperture in the neck portion of the protective bag. The hook of the conventional hanger with the garment thereon is then supported from the terminal loop of the rod. This positions the garment so that the protective bag may then be drawn down over the garment with the hanger hook projecting through the aperture in the neck portion of the protective bag. Though these conventional garment baggers have proved to be highly satisfactory when used in dry cleaning establishments because of their frequent use, it has been found that they are not adaptable for home use because of the space they occupy and the hazard they present. It of course would be desirable for garment baggers to be developed which were adapted for home use Where the infrequency of usage must be considered. Accordingly, it is the principal object of this invention to provide a novel garment bagger construction which is particularly adapted for infrequent use, as it would be subjected to, in the home or such.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a novel garment bagger construction which includes a support plate adapted for mounting within a closet above a doorway. It is contemplated that a rod be pivotally connected to the support plate so as to enable the rod to be pivotally moved between an operative and a stored position.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a novel garment bagger construction which includes retention means carried by the support plate for retaining the pivotally connected rod in a selected pivoted position.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide a novel garment bagger construction which is efficient and relatively inexpensive.

In accordance with the above stated objects, below is more particularly described the construction and utilization of the novel garment bagger construction including a rod having a terminal loop thereon for supporting the hook of a conventional hanger. A support plate is provided and is adapted to be mounted within a closet above a doorway. The rod is pivotally connected to the support plate and is adapted to be pivoted into a position such that it projects into the doorway. Retention means in the form of spring clips or opposed projections defining a depression therebetween are carried by the support plate for retaining the rod in the desired position. It will be apparent that to utilize the rod, it should be suspended vertically so that it projects into the doorway. When not in use, the rod may be pivoted above the doorway so that it does not present a hazard to an unsuspecting person.

Other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention illustrating the garment bagger supported in 'a closet and showing the operation thereof for receiving the hook of a conventional hanger;

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along the plane 2-2 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the plane 3--3 of FIGURE 2; and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

With continuing reference to the drawings and initial reference to FIGURE 1, numeral 10 generally represents the garment bagger comprising this invention. The garment bagger 10 includes a support plate 12 which may simply be flat and rectangular as shown. A plurality of apertures 14 therein receive screws 16 for securing the plate 12 to a wall or such. In the preferred contemplation of the utilization of the invention, as illustrated in FIGURE 1, the support plate 12 should be secured above a doorway 18 adjacent or fixed to the header 20 of the doorway frame.

Centrally disposed on the plate 12 is a stud 22 having heads 24 and 26. A first terminal loop 28 ofa rod 30 encircles the stud 22 so that the stud 22 acts as a bearing for the pivotal movement of rod 30 therearound. The rod 30 terminates at its lower end in a second loop 32 which is especially adapted to receive a hook 34 of a conventional garment hanger 36.

Pairs of opposed projections as 38, 40 and 42 are provided on the face of the plate 12. The pairs 38, 40 and 42 each include two projections as 44 and 46 which have spaced flat opposed surfaces defining a depression 48 therebetween for reception of the rod 30. The pairs 38, 40 and 42 are radially positioned with respect to the stud 22 and displaced thereabout by In the utilization of the embodiment of FIGURE 1, the rod 30 may be positioned as is illustrated. A protective garment bag, which may be of plastic, or cloth, is

passed over the rod 30 through the aperture in the neck portion so that the bag is moved completely above the second loop 32 of the rod 30. The garment to be covered is placed on a conventional hanger 36 with the hook 34 thereof accommodated in the loop 32 of the rod 36. The bag which is carried by the rod 30 above the hanger 36 may now be drawn down over the garment to be covered on the hanger 36. When not being utilized, the rod 30 may be pivoted about the stud 22 to a horizontal position as is illustrated by the dotted lines in FIGURE 1. The rod 30 may then be retained within the depression formed by the opposed projections of the pair 38. Of course, the rod 30 may be equally well retained in the depression formed by the opposed projections of pair 42. It is now thought that the construction and utilization of the embodiment illustrated in FIGURES 1 through 3 will be apparent.

Now referring to FIGURE 4 in particular, a plate 50 secured by screws 52 is illustrated and it of course will be apparent that the plate 50, as the plate 12, may be utilized wherever convenient. A pair of upstanding cars 54 and 56 are fixed to a central portion of the plate 59 and receive a pin 58 therebetween. A terminal loop 60 on a rod 62 is received on the pin 58 for pivotal movement thereabout.

U-shaped resilient clips 64 and 66 are aligned with the ears 54 and 56 and carried by the plate 5t above and below the ears. The clips 64 and 66 include a pair of leg portions 68 and 70 bridged by a bight portion 72. The opposed leg portions 68 and 70 have aligned indentations therein to receive the rod 62. As will be apparent, when the embodiment of FIGURE 4 is to be utilized, the rod 62 is pivoted to the position illustratedin FIG- URE 4. The utilization thereof is then identical to the utilization of the rod 30 particularly explained above with reference to the embodiment of FIGURES 1 through 3. When it is desired to pivot the rod 62 to an inoperative or stored position, the rod 62 may be removed from the resilient clip 66 and pivoted about the pin 58 until it is received within the indentations in the opposed leg portions 68 and 70 of clip 64.

From the foregoing, it is considered that the particular construction and utilization of the garment bagger will be apparent. Further, it is thought that one skilled in the art should readily realize the advantages derived from the utilization thereof. Though it is known that the prior art broadly teaches the utilization of the rod having a terminally looped end for receiving the hook of a conventional hanger, it is thought that the invention herein particularly lies in the retention means for retaining the rod in either an operative or a stored position.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents and may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. The combination of a doorway header having a vertical face, and a home garment bagger comprising a mounting plate secured to said vertical face of said header, pivot means provided on said plate, a rod mounted at one end thereof on said pivot means for swinging in a vertical plane between an operative position wherein the rod extends downwardly from the pivot means into the doorway below said header and an inoperative position wherein the full length of the rod is disposed above the lower edge of the header, means provided at the free end of said rod for attaching a garment hanger thereto when the rod is in its operative position, and means provided on said plate and coacting with said rod for releasably retaining the same selectively in its operative and inoperative positions.

2. The combination as defined in claim 1 wherein said pivot means comprise a headed stud provided on said plate with its axis normal to the plate, said one end of said rod being provided with an eye rotatably positioned on said stud for swinging movement of the rod in a vertical plane parallel to the plate.

3. The combination as defined in claim 1 wherein said pivot means comprise a pair of transversely spaced ears provided on said plate, and a horizontal pin mounted in and extending between said ears, said one end of said rod being mounted on said pin between the ears for swinging movement of the rod in a vertical plane normal to the plate.

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